DIY Cultural Arts Specialist Blog

• Quick and Dirty Half-tone Shading for Web Comics 01/24/2012

  in the olden times, people would cut bits out of rolls of half-tone patterns and rubber cement them all over their drawings.  Today with photoshop or any open source equivalent you can do something similar. More »

• Ruston: From Environmental Holocaust Moonscape to Mixed-Use Utopia 01/11/2012

  First, Enjoy this little documentary playing now on KBTC: Watch Ruston on PBS. See more from Full Focus. More »

• A Frost Park Sidewalk Chalk First... 01/09/2012

  My four years as a sidewalk chalking enthusiast in downtown Tacoma, this is the first time I have seen anything like this. BEHOLD! More »

• TOP 3 MOST COMMENTED Tacomics of 2011 12/31/2011

  Number 3 - The Food Bank on McKinley Hill + + + Number 2 - When the Tacoma Police Chief lied about Zina Linnik's Amber Alert Delay Because Mark Fulgum was on Duty and Fucking Asleep + + + and the NUMBER ONE TACOMIC OF 2011 IS.... The Benevolent Protective Order of Elks lodge no. 174  SELLING OUT TO PUKE-SPEWING WALMART! More »

• Tyrannosaurus Rex with Light Saber(s) 12/28/2011

  You want to solve some problems? More »

• Barter Trade! How I designed the Death By Stars space rock band logo 11/17/2011

  Patrick Galactic of the band Death By Stars contacted me awhile back about how much it would cost to get an original RR Anderson designed logo for his space-rock-electronica-punk-band. $125 dollars an hour! More »

• PHOTO: Virtual HFW Studio Tour 2011 11/06/2011

  Welcome to the Museum! Enter a world of ASTONISHMENT! More »

• HFW Robot Zombie Scarecrow Upgrade Online Status Report 08/22/2011

  Down on the old HFW Industrial Compound, we suffered a major victory having now crossed off an action item from the CHALKBOARD OF DESTINY, a task long over due, ACTION ITEM 666.1 ZED -STROKE- B REPAIRS TO ROBOT ZOMBIE SCARECROW UNIT--Compound fractured articulation limb during severe spring windstorms defending restricted perimeter from Subconscious ID monsters, ragged clothing, cracked cyborg-mind heat tiles (ed note see: Return to Forbidden Planet LEARN 2 DRAW episode 07).   BEHOLD, NEW IMPROVED ROBOT ZOMBIE SCARECROW... More »

• SUPER BEST BOYCOTT of the WEEKLY VOLCANO 07/27/2011

  Have you ever dreamed about walking outside and NOT getting hit in the face with a baseball bat of compressed spam blight? I have. More »

• SUPER BEST OF TACOMA (CITIZEN'S AUXILIARY EDITION) 07/27/2011

  EATING... BEST Genuine hipster atmosphere place to eat = Puget Sound PizzaBEST FAKE hipster atmosphere most accessible to visiting family members = HUBBEST COFFEE meet up place for cartoon sale exchanges = AMOCATBEST fun/cheap place to go with kids for a burger = Herman's BurgersBEST taco truck = Los Bros HermanosBEST romantic evening without kids = Europa, Upper CrustBEST breakfast for visiting 'cool' friend = Babblin Babs BEST inexpensive breakfast for visiting family member = Southern Kitchen BEST breakfast via bicycle = The Old Milwaukee (if full, Shakabra)BEST too-lazy/tired to make dinner pizza = Del Broco's delivery    more to come More »

• The $2,700,000.00 Dollar City Manager Eric Anderson Memorial Parking Lot Ribbon Cutting Memorial 07/21/2011

  Greetings from the future! We're glad you made it.  I am R.R. More »

• Remembering Hans Zeiger on GAY Pride Flag day 07/07/2011

  Did you know that Hans Zeiger believes homosexuals should not be allowed into the Boy Scouts of America?  Did you know he believes there is a CONSPIRACY OF HomosexualS just waiting for the right chance to molest your children? More »

• Status QUO? NOT with David BOE 06/05/2011

  Vote for David Boe. The only candidate endorsed by zombie scarecrow robot.  DOWNLOAD + CREATE YOUR OWN POSTER! More »

• URBAN EXPLORER 003: DaVita's Eric Anderson Memorial Parking Lot 04/27/2011

  WEDNESDAY. Blood suckers... More »

• URBAN EXPLORER 002: Up in BOE's Business 04/21/2011

  THURSDAY. Tasked with delivering a quality hand drawn political cartoon purchase, the fearless, ruthless (where is Ruth? More »

• URBAN EXPLORER 001: Tacoma Daily Index - behind the pulp 04/07/2011

  THURSDAY.  Today the URBAN POLAR EXPLORER dropped in unannounced for a snap inspection of the TACOMA DAILY INDEX, the official City of Tacoma newspaper since the early 1800's almost nearly 200 years of intense legal notices and feel good journalistic type articles!   Here we are in the main lobby Area on the 12 floor of the historic 1920's Washington Building. More »

• Holistic New Years (Lifetime) Resolutions New Life Goals 01/07/2011

  buy a tarpbuy a garden shredder design and build a muffler for my shop vacuumrepair my spring punchinstall green roof on cabanakeep bees on cabana green roofdesign and build a chicken tractorkill more lawn in the front yard (expand garden)learn to expertly sharpen saws and other hand toolsbuild a folding sandwich board sign for frost parkbuild a soap box 'speakers podium' for frost park guest rantsdesign a secret 'real life super hero' identity for night time chalking ---- Mask? ---- Cape? More »

• LIVE BLOGGING HFW STUDIO TOUR 11/06/2010

  TWENTY SIGNED FIRST EDITION TACOMIC CARTOON BOOKS on sale for only $25 dollars each at Holistic Forge Works ONE DAY ONLY! 10 - 4 pm SATURDAY, SATURDAY, SATURDAY! More »

• Brief and Frightening History of Ryan Anderson - Boy Cartoonist 08/29/2010

  [PHOTO - how money was made in an age before cartoons.. year 8 ? More »

• PHOTOS: Washington State History Museum Bridge of Glass Hostage Crisis Update! 07/15/2010

  Imagine Tacoma with out the fence Julie Anderson fought so hard against. You can still sign the petition and email WSHM board members. More »